I've wanted to post a picture or two of these gorgeous jacaranda trees, while they are still in bloom. We spotted these on our drive out of Guadalajara this week.
President has befriended without question,
every single employee at our local oxxo gas station.
He calls them hermano and asks them each time
he sees them if they have had the opportunity
to come to church. He has gotten
to know them, asking them about their
families and their day. They each have
collected all the pass along cards and
pictures of the Savior that we have in
our car stash.
It is dry.
The ground is yearning for moisture.
The rain is coming, and this place is ready for it.
Here are some pictures of the landscapes we saw
as we drove to Jalostotitlan and Arandas
last week.
These fields are tilled and ready for planting.
interesting..
Someone has been in trouble
.. so he and his buddy are in time out
up on the roof for awhile.
We passed another truck, just packed full
of pigs off to the market.
Another thing I have fallen in love
with here in Mexico, are the rock fences.
They seem to go forever, marking
boundaries, framing homes, dividing
fields, lining up the hills and mountainsides,
running along the side of the road.
Sometimes, out in the middle
of nowhere, we'll see these long,
sometimes criss crossing rock walls.
Neatly stacked, definitely by hand, each
rock chosen to fit just so. I love them.
Lastly, the Tequila plant
grown all over Mexico.
This rich, red field is in Arandas.
The tequila farmers use the core of the plant
under the ground. They cut the top off, and
use it for other things. The core is baked, mashed,
fermented and distilled. (there you have it)
Here are the tops of some tequila plants,
stacked after the core was harvested.
We saw field after field of these tequila plants along the hills
as we drive to Tepic. The fields look like patchwork quilts.
They cover the hillside and the farmers have them in neat
rows going all different directions. They are a blue green color.
These pictures don't do them justice, because it is so dry.
